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Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Tennessee

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1997

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1997 1-Month	74.2°F (23.4°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1967
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2007
	Ties: 2015
Jul–Aug 1997 2-Month	75.8°F (24.3°C)	76.5°F (24.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1967
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1954, 1980
	Ties: 1905, 1906, 1912, 1929, 1970
Jun–Aug 1997 3-Month	74.2°F (23.4°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1967
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2010
	Ties: 1903, 1912, 1915
May–Aug 1997 4-Month	71.0°F (21.7°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1976
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2010
Apr–Aug 1997 5-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1961
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2010
Mar–Aug 1997 6-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	66.5°F (19.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1960
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1926, 1940, 1984
Feb–Aug 1997 7-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1947
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1965, 1993
Jan–Aug 1997 8-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1940
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1931, 1976, 1980, 1992, 2003
Dec 1996–Aug 1997 9-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1978
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1965, 1973, 1985, 1992, 1993
Nov 1996–Aug 1997 10-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1940
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1967
Oct 1996–Aug 1997 11-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1978
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1959, 2013, 2015
Sep 1996–Aug 1997 12-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1977, 1978
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1932
	Ties: 1899, 1912, 1988, 1989, 2001
Mar 1996–Aug 1997 18-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1961, 1977
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1993, 1994
Sep 1995–Aug 1997 24-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1959
Sep 1994–Aug 1997 36-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1979
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2018
	Ties: 1917, 1990
Sep 1993–Aug 1997 48-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1970, 1979, 1980
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1965, 1973, 1983
Sep 1992–Aug 1997 60-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1996

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/